Erdoğan warns looters they will be punished 13:03 Turkey’s president, Tayyip Recep Erdoğan, has warned that looters will be punished after reports of people taking goods in earthquake hit areas. “We’ve declared a state of emergency,” he said …
Massive quake cost to deepen Turkey’s economic woes
The disaster response requires a significant increase in public spending to meet the needs of 13.5 million affected people and rebuild massive destruction, threatening to widen Ankara’s budget deficit …
Turkey, Russia Developing New Payment System After US Threatened To Sanction MIR Cards
Russia and Turkey have been working on an alternative approach to replace the Russian payment system MIR, as per an RT report.
Turkey Earthquake LIVE Updates: Death Toll Approaches 25,000; One Indian Killed In Malatya
The Turkish Embassy in New Delhi confirmed that his body had been recovered from a hotel in Malatya, Turkey where he was on a business trip. “Our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. We …
Twitter’s Internal Chaos Is Slowing Turkey Earthquake Relief Efforts, Volunteers Say
From his home in Amsterdam, the Turkish business professor keeps scrolling through names … killing at least 20,000 people in southern Turkey and neighboring Syria. “It’s hard not to despair,” Özalp …
Fundraisers for Syria, Turkey earthquake try to deliver aid
NEW YORK (AP) — Humanitarian groups working in southern Turkey and northwest Syria warn that Monday’s earthquake will have a “long tail” — a wide range of needs that will require donations for months, …
Body of Indian national missing since Turkey earthquake found: Embassy
The man, identified as Vijay Kumar, was on a business trip to Malatya and couldn’t be traced after the deadly earthquake hit Turkey and Syria. “We inform with sorrow that the mortal remains of Shri …
The Striking Parallels That Threaten Turkey’s President As Election Nears
Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power 20 years ago amid the aftermath of a massive earthquake and a financial crisis. The same conditions exist now.
Pregnant woman, daughter rescued from Turkey quake
Video footage uploaded to social media showed the moment a six-months pregnant woman and her seven year old daughter were pulled alive from the mounds of rubble of a flattened building in the Turkish city of Gaziantep on Friday evening (February 10), after …
Quake-hit Turkey and Syria face years of rebuilding. Experts say it didn’t have to be this way
Five days after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria the number of dead is staggering. Drone footage and satellite imagery have conveyed the stark reality of widespread destruction in an area that straddles two very different nations.